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pricking | fricking |

As a verb pricking

is .

As a noun pricking

is the act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

As an adjective fricking is

(euphemistic) freaking; less offensive euphemism for fucking.

As an adverb fricking is

(euphemistic) freaking.

pricking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xii. 18
    • There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.
  • A sensation that pricks.
    • the prickings of conscience
  • The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
  • (mining) A nicking.
  • The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
  • The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
  • (obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.
    • (Webster 1913)

    fricking

    English

    Alternative forms

    * frigging

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (euphemistic) Freaking; less offensive euphemism for fucking
    • "Throw me a fricking bone here!"

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (euphemistic) Freaking
    • What are you fricking looking at?
    He was so fricking drunk, he passed out kneeling in front of the toilet.

    See also

    * frigging English intensifiers English degree adverbs